I long ago stopped using marijuana, so I am only commenting as a disinterested observer at this point,but there are I think two things worth considering.1.) Pot's presently against the law, so anyone using it is breaking the law. So if millions of Americans are out breaking that law, might they not be easily led to breaking other laws? I do not favor having such a lax attitude for the law.Many people think laws are stupid and they break them. Slippery slope.2.) If we decriminalize marijuana, that might lead to less criminal activity. It might not, but it might.For twelve years, alcohol was illegal in the United States, and this gave rise to a gangster class we now call The Mafia. It also lead to a more accepting attitude among previously law-abiding citizens toward criminal activities like drug dealing, hiring imigrants without papers, fraudulent lending, tax evasion, the whole enchilada. Many Americans engage in some form of criminal activity, and I am not convinced that changing the rules governing pot will change our attitude at this late date.Significant opponents of pot law reform include the folks who make beer and liquor.

Yes, let's legalize it. After all, it is no more dangerous than cigarettes and cigars. If you really think that, I challenge you to a trial. I'll get in my car and you in yours, we'll both chain-smoke as we drive the Freeways fom LAX to Fraser Park. See which one makes it??? Har-Har!

The problem, if Prop. 19 passes (and I am one of the "YES" votes!), will be that EVERY city and county in the state will have to make a decision as to whether marijuana can be sold or cultivated or possessed, within their local jurisdiction! That means ALL 58 Counties, PLUS ALL 481 incorporated cities in CA, will have to decide if marijuana is "legal" at a SPECIFIC local level. Some cities will still say no to it, for the revenue that citing people for possessing it, or growing it "illegally" will bring. It will be interesting to see WHERE in CA, marijuana will be "legal" 1 year after Election Day!

I am voting no. Have just a couple of basic questions? Who will be going to their homes to measure the regulated grow? Department of Agriculture? How are these users really going to keep the weed away from their kids and their friends? What breathalyzer test are we going to use when some one is under the influence and driving?

Pot will be legalized because some big industries see the profits that they can make. The alcoholic beverage industry is unhappy and so is the incarceration industry. It is just a question of time and business mergers until enough corporations see themselves in the position to reign in some of the windfall. Latest then pot will be made legal in the nation by federal.

I long ago stopped using marijuana, so I am only commenting as a disinterested observer at this point,but there are I think two things worth considering.1.) Pot's presently against the law, so anyone using it is breaking the law. So if millions of Americans are out breaking that law, might they not be easily led to breaking other laws? I do not favor having such a lax attitude for the law.Many people think laws are stupid and they break them. Slippery slope.2.) If we decriminalize marijuana, that might lead to less criminal activity. It might not, but it might.For twelve years, alcohol was illegal in the United States, and this gave rise to a gangster class we now call The Mafia. It also lead to a more accepting attitude among previously law-abiding citizens toward criminal activities like drug dealing, hiring imigrants without papers, fraudulent lending, tax evasion, the whole enchilada. Many Americans engage in some form of criminal activity, and I am not convinced that changing the rules governing pot will change our attitude at this late date.Significant opponents of pot law reform include the folks who make beer and liquor.

Oh, My. What a good citizen. George, you might want to stay out of my way. I was given a ticket for going 75 MPH on the freeway just out of Sacto. No telling what a Scofflaw like me might do next.

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